| ACUPUNCTURIST | • acupuncturist n. A healthcare professional who is qualified or professionally engaged in the practice of acupuncture. • ACUPUNCTURIST n. one who practices acupuncture. |
| CONTRACEPTION | • contraception n. The use of a device or procedure to prevent conception as a result of sexual activity. • CONTRACEPTION n. deliberate prevention of conception or impregnation. |
| CONTRACEPTIVE | • contraceptive adj. That acts to prevent conception as a result of sexual intercourse. • contraceptive n. A mechanism or means by which conception as a result of sexual intercourse can be prevented or made less likely. • CONTRACEPTIVE n. something intended to prevent conception. |
| CRYPTANALYTIC | • cryptanalytic adj. Of or pertaining to cryptanalysis or cryptanalytics. • CRYPTANALYTIC adj. relating to cryptanalysis, the decipherment of code, also CRYPTANALYTICAL. |
| CRYPTOCLASTIC | • CRYPTOCLASTIC adj. of minerals and rocks, composed of microscopic fragments. |
| ECTOPARASITIC | • ectoparasitic adj. Of or pertaining to ectoparasites. • ECTOPARASITIC adj. of or like an ectoparasite. |
| PANTISOCRATIC | • pantisocratic adj. Of or pertaining to a pantisocracy. • PANTISOCRATIC adj. relating to pantisocracy, also PANTISOCRATICAL. |
| PEDANTOCRATIC | • pedantocratic adj. Promoting or relating to pedantocracy. • PEDANTOCRATIC adj. relating to pedantocracy, government by pedants. |
| PLUTOCRATICAL | • plutocratical adj. Synonym of plutocratic. • PLUTOCRATICAL adj. relating to the plutocracy, also PLUTOCRATIC. |
| POCOCURANTIST | • pococurantist n. A nonchalant, indifferent person. • POCOCURANTIST n. one who is habitually uninterested. |
| PRACTICALISTS | • practicalists n. Plural of practicalist. • PRACTICALIST n. one who is devoted to what is practical. |
| PRECONTRACTED | • precontracted v. Simple past tense and past participle of precontract. • PRECONTRACT v. to contract in advance. |
| PROTEOCLASTIC | • proteoclastic adj. Proteolytic. • PROTEOCLASTIC adj. proteolytic, relating to the splitting of proteins by enzymes. |
| SCRATCHPLATES | • scratchplates n. Plural of scratchplate. • SCRATCHPLATE n. a plastic or metal plate attached to the front of a guitar to protect it from pick scratches. |
| STREPTOCOCCAL | • streptococcal adj. Relating to bacteria of the genus Streptococcus. • STREPTOCOCCAL adj. relating to streptococci, also STREPTOCOCCIC. |
| TROPHALLACTIC | • trophallactic adj. Relating to trophallaxis. • TROPHALLACTIC adj. relating to trophallaxis, mutual exchange of nutriment in symbiosis. |